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‘Some of them do treat you like an idiot’: what it’s like to be a casual academic

‘Some of them do treat you like an idiot’: what it’s like to be a casual academic

One of the priorities of the federal government’s sweeping Universities Accord is to improve employment conditions in higher education. This is long overdue. Australia’s university sector once set the standard for working conditions but sadly this is no longer the case. Now the sector is plagued by an over reliance on casual staff, stress, burnout and precarious work […] … learn more→